Western Digital Principal Project Manager Supply Chain 

United States, Arizona, Phoenix 

177332620

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

As Principal Project Manager in Digital Transformation Strategy team, you will lead the evolution of our PMO with a focus on scalability, accountability, and enterprise discipline. You will shape portfolio-level governance, define normalized intake and prioritization frameworks, and enable delivery excellence through rigorous process standardization and tool integration.

You’ll be at the forefront of embedding a consistent delivery model that integrates intake, planning, risk transparency, execution oversight, and KPI reporting. Your influence will guide how programs are initiated, executed, and measured ensuring alignment between strategy and delivery while driving scale across the enterprise.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Drive high-priority, cross-functional programs/projects from planning through execution spanning Supply Chain, Digital Transformation, Procurement, IT and Business Units
• Embed best practices into hybrid workstreams and supporting business-side PMs with tools, templates, and coaching
• Create Jira, Smartsheet, and integrated reporting tools to track program health, dependencies, and delivery velocity across multiple teams
• Own the creation of executive-ready storytelling materials in PowerPoint that translate complexity into clarity
• Create PM governance of models, milestone planning standards, and project dashboards that enhance visibility and execution discipline
• Develop and lead training and onboarding for initiative leads and program managers on PMO processes
• Work closely with leadership to scale a culture of accountability, value-driven delivery, and operational transparency
• Contribute to the formalization of PMO processes, helping define “what good looks like” for our future state delivery model
• Drive adoption of strategic frameworks and reinforce a delivery mindset across all initiatives
• Co-lead steering and planning reviews with executives to anchor strategy delivery to data-informed KPIs and real business outcomes.

Required:

• 10+ years of program/project management experienced in a matrixed Supply Chain organization
• Fluency in Jira for managing epics, dependencies, and sprint workflows across workstreams
• Proficiency in PowerPoint with the ability to turn complex initiatives into clear, visual executive storytelling
• Experience establishing or leading a PMO function from the ground up embedding structure, standards, ad scalable frameworks
• Strong understanding of how Supply Chain, IT, Analytics, and Business Functions intersect in roadmap planning and delivery
• Skilled at guiding cross-functional teams without formal authority and adapting communication styles to stakeholder needs
• Driven by clarity and enablement, with just enough structure to move fast and deliver real outcomes not weighted down by unnecessary process
• Hands on experience leading Supply Chain and Digital Transformation programs

Preferred:

• PMP preferred

Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
• If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.

• You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either Western Digital’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”) which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance, depending on your role and your performance. You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.